Achieve, Inc, the Bill and Melinda Gates-funded education organization that was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Common Core standards, has announced the launch of a new assessment tool that the group touts will “enable district leaders to
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) has signed a bill that requires her state to drop the Common Core standards and replace them with new content standards for school year 2015-2016. Haley’s signature on the bill, H3893, on May 30
While thousands of people from across the nation are urging Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) to sign her state’s Common Core repeal bill, Oklahoma Business and Education Coalition executive director Phyllis Hudecki and Michael Brickman, national policy advisor of the
On Tuesday North Carolina’s House Education Committee voted 27-16 to require state officials to begin studying replacement standards for the Common Core, though it appears lawmakers are anxious about breaking completely from the nationalized standards. The bill, HB 1061, which
Although the Louisiana state legislature recently approved a bill whose language would cement the state to the Common Core standards and the PARCC multi-state assessments, Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) could still veto the bill or choose one of several other
Greg Gutfeld says he cannot figure out President Obama’s Bergdahl trade. On Fox News Channel’s The Five on Monday, co-host Gutfeld said, “It sounds like a Common Core math problem – five high risk terrorists for one mysterious hostage.” Watch
As the June 3rd primary date dawns in Alabama, the Common Core standards have emerged as “the one issue every Republican must address,” writes Tim Lockette at The Anniston Star. Lockette continues: Anti-Core activists, who see the new school standards
Thousands of parents, teachers, and concerned citizens are urging Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) to sign a Common Core repeal bill that was overwhelmingly approved by the state legislature. Fallin has until Saturday, June 7 to decide whether to sign
A test question on a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) assessment asking seventh graders to compare differing views on immigration, including one written by a fictitious Bush administration official whose name sounds almost exactly like that of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe
Potential presidential hopeful Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) asserted Thursday night that he is “against the Common Core,” and that he doesn’t want Louisiana to participate in the nationalized standards. If what he says is true, then Louisiana parents want to
On Friday, Gov. Jan Brewer (R) announced that Arizona will withdraw from the increasingly controversial Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), a Common Core test consortium, of which it is a governing state. As azcentral.com reports,
A New Mexico judge has ruled that state officials must review a protest filed by a Washington, D.C.-based assessment organization prior to moving forward with what could be a lucrative contract awarded to Pearson by the PARCC Common Core assessment
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said Thursday evening he is opposed to the Common Core standards and does not want his state to participate in them. Jindal, considered to be a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, spoke to an audience
The founder and president of the Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP) says he was “shocked” at some of the ideas presented in Politico‘s recent magazine piece by Randall Balmer entitled “The Real Origins of the Religious Right.” Rev. William
Members of grassroots parent groups fighting to defeat the Common Core standards in Louisiana knew they were up against tough and well-funded competition in the form of special interest groups lobbying for the nationalized education standards. What parents did not
In another candid press briefing while on board a plane returning to Rome, this time from the Middle East, Pope Francis reportedly said he would not rule out retiring like his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. “I will do what the
The U.S. Census Bureau has announced that it will begin categorizing same-sex married couples as “families.” According to the Washington Post, the 2013 American Community Survey results, which are scheduled to be reported in September, will for the first time
A Christian obstetrician practicing in Washington, D.C. says he once refused to perform abortions, but about ten years into his career, he changed his mind. Now, he is willing to perform late-term abortions, even at 24 weeks of pregnancy. Authors
On Wednesday, pro-life organization Live Action released an investigative report and video on Planned Parenthood Federation of America that details the activities within the abortion giant’s walls. The campaign began as copies of the report, entitled “Lies, Corruption, and Scandal:
A new report finds that more states are requiring teacher performance to be considered in school employment decisions, including those regarding tenure. The report, compiled by policy analyst Jennifer Thomsen at the Education Commission of the States, observes that a
Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg received much media attention in 2010 when he announced his plan on Oprah to give $100 million to help Newark, New Jersey’s failing public schools. However, as observed by Dale Russakoff in the New Yorker, four years
In the wake of the Oklahoma state legislature’s overwhelming approval of a bill to repeal and replace the Common Core standards, Restore Oklahoma Public Education (R.O.P.E.) has begun a letter-writing campaign to urge Fallin to sign the bill. Gov. Mary
Ten California school teachers and an education associate are challenging the state’s law that requires all public employees to join and support a union as a condition of employment. Rebecca Friedrichs and her co-plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit, Friedrichs v. California
Gov. Mary Fallin (R) is poised to make the final decision on whether her state of Oklahoma will truly be the first state to fully repeal the Common Core standards without rebranding or renaming them. As Breitbart News reported Saturday,
South Carolina lawmakers have passed a bill that would review and replace the Common Core standards, but not immediately repeal them. H3893 passed the state Senate 42-0 and the House 80-26. It now heads to Gov. Nikki Haley (R), who
